Elks score 3 in the 6th, hold on to defeat AppleSox 4-3
July 28, 2013 - West Coast League (WCL)
Bend Elks News Release
Trailing 2-1 heading into the bottom of the 6th inning, the Bend Elks send 8 hitters to the plate and get RBI base hits from Turner Gill and Landon Cray, sandwiched around a Sacrifice fly from Kyle Giusti, to score 3 runs and held on to beat the Wenatchee AppleSox 4-3.
The AppleSox jumped out to an early lead against Bend Elks starter Garrett Anderson, as Ryan Barr doubled with one out, stole 3rd base, and came around to score on an RBI single from Andre Real to give the AppleSox the early 1-0 lead.
Bend tallied back in the bottom of the 1st inning as Keach Ballard singled with one out, stole 3rd, and came around to score on an error by Wenatchee AppleSox catcher Joey Harris to tie the game at 1.
Wenatchee (23-21) regained the lead in the top of the 4th inning as a pair of Bend Elks errors as Andre Real reached on a ground ball mishandled by Kyle Giusti, and Real came around to score on a throwing error by Seth Spivey, and Wenatchee took a 2-1 lead. Wenatchee expanded their lead to 3-1 in the top of the 5th as Brett Stephens singled with one out, and scored from 1st on the RBI double from Ryan Barr, who had 2 doubles in the game.
Bend (25-16) would come back and rally in the bottom of the 6th inning as Tyler Servais, Derek Dixon, Cullen O'Dwyer, and Turner Gill had 4 consecutive singles, the one from Gill scoring Servais to make it 3-2. That was followed by a sacrifice fly from Kyle Giusti to score Dixon, and Landon Cray came through with an RBI single to score O'Dwyer as the Elks took a 4-3 lead after 6 innings and held onto it the rest of the way.
Kevin Hamann (2-1), Eric Melbostad, Cam Booser, and David Murrillo each pitched 1 full inning of relief for the Bend Elks in the second half of the game, combining to give up no runs on 3 hits, and striking out 4 to close out the game. Murrillo struck out 2, including AppleSox left fielder Brett Stephens, to close out the game and secure his 1st save of the summer.
The Bend Elks and Wenatchee AppleSox will conclude their 3 game series on Monday, first pitch set for 6:35 p.m. on Free Lunch Cooler night, presented by Q Group.
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